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Kristy Olinger

I’ve spent more than a decade helping people communicate more clearly, confidently, and effectively at work. I believe in real-world practice over perfection, intention over auto-pilot, and choosing curiosity over shame. You won’t find lectures here — just relatable content, big ideas, and encouragement to try something new.

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Did AI Write This?

read this on the web 🌱 Welcome to the 28th issue of the Knockout Your Sunday Scaries Newsletter, an every-other-week newsletter by me, Kristy Olinger, with a focus on workplace communication and self-development. I’m glad you’re here. Was this forwarded to you? Get yours: Subscribe here Hi Reader, I accidentally let AI write my entire newsletter about working asynchronously. It started so innocently. I thought of the topic the way I usually do, through actual work experiences. Mid-draft I was...

10 months ago • 1 min read

read this on the web 🌱 Welcome to the 27th issue of the Knockout Your Sunday Scaries Newsletter, an every-other-week newsletter by me, Kristy Olinger, with a focus on workplace communication and self-development. I’m glad you’re here. Was this forwarded to you? Get yours: Subscribe here Hi Reader, Earlier this month we talked about the fact that nobody reads your emails. So it may surprise you that today’s recommendation is to lean into tools like email and chat to get more done. Working...

11 months ago • 2 min read

Dear Reader, Last week I was lucky enough to see Jane Fonda in conversation with Manny Yekutiel at the Castro Theatre. For those of you not familiar with San Francisco, the Castro neighborhood is synonymous with gay culture and the Castro Theatre is one of the oldest operating theaters in the nation which the neighborhood centers around. It was the first day of PRIDE Month and there was a great energy in the air. The night started with The Queens of the Castro, a group that brings drag to...

about 3 years ago • 2 min read